Gigi Georges is the program director for the Innovation Strategies Initiative at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. She was previously a Managing Director of The Glover Park Group, a leading strategic communications consulting firm. She has also worked for the New York City Department of Education as the Communications Director under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in the White house as a Special Assistant to President Clinton, and as Senator Hillary Clinton’s State Director.
Georges has worked extensively in social innovation from 2008-2009 as a Kennedy School Ash Center Fellow, to identify best practices alongside Professor Stephen Goldsmith and Ash Center Research Coordinator Tim Glynn Burke. Findings from this work have become a book: The Power of Social Innovation. She is also involved in the Project on Social Innovation, which works hands-on with cities to help build innovation agendas, continues to study the field of social innovation, and runs a “virtual knowledge hub for social innovation in cities and municipalities.” The online hub's purpose is to provide a practical platform for sharing the stories and lessons of exciting innovators from the non-profit, philanthropic and public sectors. The site accomplishes this purpose through an innovator’s toolkit, relevant news updates, profiles of best practices, regular blogging, and links to other online resources. The Project is an initiative of the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
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